Federal Investigation Into Girls’ Sports Concludes Minnesota Violated Title IX
Investigations escalated in June, after a pitcher “dominated” a softball match, leading her school to a state championship.
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On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education Office (ED) for Civil Rights and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights announced: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) and the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) are “in violation of Title IX’s prohibition on sex discrimination by allowing males to compete in female sports and occupy female intimate facilities.”
Specifically, the finding targets trans girl athletes, which HHS defines as “male athletes,” who competed on girls’ teams in Alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, lacrosse, track and field, volleyball and fastpitch softball.
The government states that MDE and MSHSL guidance provide transgender students with the right to participate in athletics in a manner consistent with their gender identity.
Back in February, the U.S. Department of Education launched investigations into two Athletic Associations, including MSHSL. “The Minnesota State High School League and the California Interscholastic Federation are free to engage in all the meaningless virtue-signaling that they want, but at the end of the day they must abide by federal law,” Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor said at the time. He announced that investigations would be conducted into both organizations to ensure that female athletes in these states are treated with “dignity, respect, and equality.”
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In June, investigations ramped up after what ED described as an incident of “a male athlete from Champlin Park High School dominating a girls’ MSHSL softball match, leading Champlin to a state championship…the male pitcher overpowered female athletes during five consecutive matches…”
“The Trump Administration will not allow Minnesota or any other state to sacrifice the safety, fair treatment, and dignity of its female students to appease the false idols of radical gender ideology,” Trainor said in Tuesday’s statement.
